Easy Delivery Co. [REVIEW] – Cozy Courier Shifts in an Eerie Snowy Town 

Let’s be honest, working as a courier for a massive, faceless corporation doesn’t exactly scream ‘cozy gaming’, yet Easy Delivery Co. somehow manages to turn the mundane task of hauling parcels across frozen, treacherous mountain roads into a weirdly relaxing experience. Playing as a feline delivery driver navigating a retro-looking world, you are thrown straight into the deep end of the delivery economy, armed with nothing but a dinky little Kei truck and a company smartphone… what more do you need? 

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The vibe of Easy Delivery Co. is fantastic, with it feeling like a blend of both Silent Hill and Animal Crossing – the low-poly, eerie PS1-era visual style mixed with the warbling sound effects whenever the characters speak gave me major vibes of each game, and you know what? It absolutely works. The narrative is told mainly through the bizarre emails you get from your corporate overlords and the brief chats you have with the locals, with plenty of characters to meet that have their own stories to tell. Sure, the cast are undeniably weird, but they become quite endearing the more you speak to them, and as you slowly uncover the mystery of the town, it’s easy to find yourself fully invested in helping them out. Plus, the game features three endings that can all be achieved on a single save file, giving you plenty of ways to see how the strange tale unfolds (and how you can affect it) without having to replay the whole campaign all over again. 

It is a brilliant juxtaposition… you are cosily driving through these blinding snowstorms and foggy streets with a relaxing lo-fi soundtrack humming on the radio, all whilst feeling this creeping dread that things just aren’t quite right. The weather is a constant threat too, because if you step outside your vehicle for too long, your screen literally begins to ice over, and if you linger too much, you will succumb to the cold and get teleported to a bizarre, otherworldly void. Maybe it’s limbo? I don’t know, but it’s weird, and shows that whilst the game has a cozy vibe, it’s also dark in its own ways… but hey, I won’t dive into that too much, because it’s better for players to discover for themselves. 

The actual driving is surprisingly tactile and engaging, and with players having to manually open and close the truck’s tailgate to load up goods as well as carry each delivery from their pick-up point, there’s a nice physical touch to the job. The vehicle handling has that perfect amount of retro clunkiness too, with it bouncing over snowbanks, losing grip on icy terrain, and spinning off at high-speed on a regular enough basis to keep you on your toes. You don’t get heavily penalised if anything flies out the back of your truck and you can recover lost packages, which keeps the stress levels low, though having to recover something because you’ve had a bump can be a bit painful (especially when it sees you accidentally tumbling down a mountain… I would know).  

“Easy Delivery Co. is an atmospheric, low-stakes adventure that perfectly marries its eerie nostalgia with a cozy gaming loop.” 

Oh, and navigation also adds to the challenge and isolation of the experience, as the lack of a mini-map forces you to rely on physical road signs and memory to find your way around the winding terrain. You do have a map you can use, but between having to manually open it and it not marking where exactly you are, its use is more limited when compared to similar titles. 

As you complete jobs, you earn cash to keep yourself functioning. You also have to manage an energy bar and your body temperature, forcing you to rely on company-mandated energy drinks, coffee, and tea to keep yourself going. There is a decent sense of progression that makes your life easier as you go, especially with vehicle upgrades or the cooking pot that allows you to brew heat-maintaining and energy-replenishing drinks, but to get these perks, you have to spend your hard-earned cash.  

This is where the gameplay can get a bit repetitive, especially since the cash you spend is also tied to your progression through the story. As you start taking on the longer intercity routes which take quite some time to complete, deliveries can end up taking a lot longer and across terrain that you might not have fully memorised, making things a bit more difficult. The somewhat samey aesthetic means you don’t see a lot of different sights either, and whilst the game world is spread across multiple zones, they all carry the same foggy, snowbound feel. It wasn’t too problematic early on, but with later upgrades requiring a lot more money and fuel prices painfully high (which is pretty realistic, to be fair), the final third of the game is guilty of dragging out a little longer.  

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But hey, it doesn’t stop it from being fun to play and scratching a particular itch for gamers who like this sort of thing. I certainly had fun with the game, and with it easily beaten in under three hours, it certainly doesn’t outstay its welcome at all. And with the world itself hiding plenty of secrets to discover, it’s easy to find yourself simply soaking in the surroundings to see what you’ll find next. 

Developer: Sam C 
Publisher: Oro Interactive 
Platform(s): PlayStation 5 (Reviewed), Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC 
Website: https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/HB1326-PPSA34058_00-0895134971020363